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President Obama hosted George Clooney for dinner, and now Clooney is returning the favor.

The Oscar-winning actor and longtime Democratic activist will host a 150-seat, $40,000-a-plate fundraising dinner for the president's re-election campaign. The event will be held at Clooney's home and be co-hosted by DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg; the exec was slated to host the party, but his $35 million new home was not finished in time, which led to the search for a new location.

Obama's campaign has made a concerted effort to woo major Hollywood donors after a dip in support as compared with the industry's enthusiasm for his 2008 run. Harvey Weinstein hosted a fundraiser for Obama in New York in March, while Michelle Obama was feted at a Robert De Niro-hosted dinner. The president has flaunted some of his celebrity connections as well, including giving Aziz Ansari a shout-out in a speech that has since become a staple of late-night conversation.

Clooney, who has been vocal about his continued support for Obama, recently gave the campaign a bit of publicity advice -- he does know something about public relations, after all -- when he told the president to run on his accomplishments.

"The Democrats are just very poor, in general, at explaining what it is, when they accomplished something. I think they’re pretty bad at it, and Republicans are very good at it," Clooney told Meet the Press host David Gregory. "If I was a Republican, and Obama was a Republican, I would be selling all of the, you know, he saved the auto industry and he got Osama bin Laden. He passed a health care bill that no one could pass -- if that was a Republican issue. I would be able to sell his presidency as a very successful one. But Democrats are bad at that, we like to pick each other apart."